Patch kit mentality

The act of fixing a problem for the short term when in the long run you will end up needing to spend more time and money to fix a larger problem.

A: Why are there weird lines down the middle of the road?

B: The city thought it was a good idea to pave the road without spending the money to pull up the trolly tracks first.

A: This is killing my car. Fucking patch kit mentality!